Table of Contents i
Preface vii
Introduction 1
Early Business Places 3
Early Hotels and Boarding Houses 3
The First Businesses On Main Street 3
The Pickford Clarion 3
First Barber Shop 4
Blacksmiths 4
Lipsett Garage 4
Barish Brothers 4
Pickford Creamery 5
Kimberly-Clark of Michigan, Inc. 5
Doctors 6
Dr. David H. Webster 6
Dr. J. A. Cameron 6
Dr. T. Greely Fox 7
Dr. Donald L. Cummings 7
Dr. Carr 8
Dr. Glendon Goddard 8
Government and Schools 10
Pickford Township Officers from 1916 to 1972 10
Supervisors 10
Clerks 10
Justice of Peace 10
Treasurers 11
Present Township Board (1972) 11
Marquette Township 11
Post Office 12
Pickford School History 12
History of Stalwart 15
Stalwart School 15
Church Histories 17
Pickford Presbyterian Church 17
Stalwart Presbyterian Church 18
Church Of The Nazarene 18
Pickford Methodist Church 19
St. Matthias Mission 20
Historical Incidents 23
First Baby 23
In Memory Of My Father 24
First Cars 25
Black Gold 25
Fire Of 1932 25
The Northern Belle 26
W. H. Gough Recalls Early Days Of Pickford 27
Mr. Nettleton Wins Applause 28
The Orange And Blue 28
Boys Given Farewell 28
In Memory 29
John Daley Recalls Old Times In Pickford 29
Printed in the Evening News In 1952 30
Families of the Pickford Area 34
ALDRICH 34
ALLEN 34
AMES 35
ANDERSON (JOHN) 36
ANDERSON (ROBERT) 36
ANDERSON (WILLIAM) 36
BATHO 37
BAWKS 38
BEACOM (DAVID AND ROBERT) 39
BEACOM (DAVID H.) 41
BEST (WILLIAM H.) 41
BLAIR 42
BRINDLEY 43
BROWN 44
BRUDSON 44
CAMPBELL (JOHN JAMES) 44
CAMPBELL (WALTER) 45
CARR 45
CLARK 45
CLEGG (DAVID) 45
CLEGG (JAMES) 46
COTTLE (JAMES AND HARRY) 47
COTTON 48
COWELL 48
CRAWFORD (JOHN) 49
CRAWFORD (ROBERT GEORGE) 49
CRAWFORD (WILLIAM) 50
D'ARCY 51
DUNBAR 51
EVELEIGH 52
FOUNTAIN 53
GALER 53
GOUGH 54
GRAHAM 55
GRAY 56
GREEN 57
HAINES (MILTON) 57
HAINES (WILLIAM) 57
HAMILTON (JOHN) 57
HAMILTON (WILLIAM) 58
HANCOCK 58
HANNA 60
HARRISON 60
HASSETT 63
HEWER 64
HILL 64
HILLOCK 65
HUDSON 65
HUYCK 66
IZZARD 67
JOHNSTONE 68
KELLY 68
KENNEDY 69
KERR (ROBERT) 70
KIBBLE (ALBERT) 70
KIBBLE (PHILIP) 70
KINNEE 71
LEACH (GEORGE) 73
LEACH (JOHN) 74
LINDSAY 76
LOCKHART 76
LITTLE 77
MAC DONALD (ISAAC) 78
MAC DONALD (I. D.) 80
MAC INNIS 80
MALTAS 80
MC CARTHY 81
MC CONKEY 81
MC DONALD 82
MC DONALD (PETER) 83
MC DOWELL (HIRAM) 84
MC DOWELL (LEONARD) 85
MC INNIS (DONALD) 85
MC KENZIE 85
MILLER 86
MOORE 87
MORRISON 87
MURPHY 88
NETTLETON 88
NIXON 89
O’BRIAN 93
O'NEIL 93
PATTON 94
PEFFERS 95
PENNINGTON 96
PICKFORD 98
PORTICE 98
POTTER 99
QUINNELL 99
RALPH 101
RAYNARD 101
REYNOLDS 102
ROE (ROBERT G., SR.) 102
ROE (W. H. ) 103
ROWSE 105
RUTLEDGE 106
RYE 107
SANDERSON 112
SHOBBROOK 113
SIMS 113
SLATER 115
SMITH (JOSEPH) 116
SMITH, RICHARD 116
SMITH (SONS OF WILLIAM) 118
STEELE 120
STEVENSON 122
STEWART 123
STIRLING 124
STOREY 125
SWEENEY 126
TABOR 126
TAYLOR 127
THOMPSON 129
WALKER 130
WARREN 130
WATSON (JAMES) 131
WATSON (THOMAS) 131
WILSON 132
WISE 132
WONNACOTT 133
WYNN 135
Groups and Organizations 137
Pickford AMVETS 137
The Pickford Fair 137
Pickford Farm Bureau 137
Pickford Grange 137
Pickford Lions 138
Stalwart Fair (Best Little Fair in Michigan) 138
This site is organized much in the same way the original book was, with a few exceptions. The book's chapters have been replaced with a hierarchical listing by topic. This system is intended to allow easy access to the material. One chapter, Historical Incidents Recalled, has remained in its linear form. This is due to the nature of the material, and will remain in this form until a more efficient method can be found.
Much work can still be done to update this site. In addition, there may still be spelling or formatting errors. Anyone wishing to update, correct, or contribute to this site is urged to email Daniel Morrison at ps00danm@student.eup.k12.mi.us. All help is welcome, and so are reports of any problems you encounter.
This site is the product of a Pickford FCCLA project undertaken by Wendy Galer and Daniel Morrison and assisted by Angie Mishler and Sara Ramsey. The project won a gold medal at the 1999 Michigan FCCLA State Leadership Conference.
